Thursday, January 30, 2014

Daily Kos: Did Speaker Boehner just issue an impeachment threat over executive orders?

Daily Kos: Did Speaker Boehner just issue an impeachment threat over executive orders?



President Obama, understanding that the Republican House of Representatives has essentially abdicated its responsibility to govern, has signaled his intention to use executive authority to actually accomplish things on behalf of the American people, such as a minimum wage increase for federal contractors. Speaker Boehner, meanwhile, has apparently realized that once you've obstructed everything and shut down the government, you have no leverage left of the ordinary variety. So it sounds like he's threatening impeachment instead

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